SUKKUR: Sixteen marriage registrars have been appointed to register the marriages of Hindu and Sikh communities under the Hindu Marriage Act 2018. These registrars were awarded certificates at a ceremony organised by the Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC) at its Sukkur office
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on 27th September 2024 questioned the maintainability of a petition filed by interned social worker Sarim Burney seeking the commencement of his trial in a child trafficking case. Citing the Ministry of interior, Federal Investigation Agency, judicial
HYDERABAD: The transgender community members took off their shirts in a protest against police harassment in Hyderabad. The transgender persons staged a sit-in outside Phuleli police station, expressing their outrage against the alleged police high-handedness. The protest was sparked by the arrest
KARACHI: Police have arrested one nominated accused over charges of a sexual assault on a woman inside a government hospital in Orangi Town, said a senior police officer on Thursday. SSP-West Tariq Illahi Mastoi told Dawn that the police had arrested the man for
KARACHI: Experts at a seminar on 23rd September 2024 underscored the need for changing the narrative around suicide — from one of shame and silence to empathy and action — and improving access to mental healthcare services. The seminar titled “Changing the
LARKANA: A 40-year-old man and his 32-year-old sister were gunned down in the Bakrani area of Larkana district late Sunday night, 22nd September 2024, over their mother’s freewill marriage, according to local residents. They said that the mother, Qaim Khatoon Brohi, was
A man allegedly killed his wife and injured another woman and himself in the Lyari area on the night between 21-September-2024 and 22-September-2024. Police said the incident took place near Quba Masjid in Lyari within the limits of the Kalri police station.
Seated on a wooden bench in a small courtroom, Mukhtar Ahmed Butt, a retired army officer, is patiently waiting for his case to be taken up. He has filed a claim in the District South consumer court against an electronics company for
KARACHI: Members of civil society on 21 September continued their protest against the alleged extrajudicial killing of a doctor accused of blasphemy in Mirpurkhas, expressing lack of confidence in police inquiry and demanding a judicial inquiry into the matter. Meanwhile, the Sindh Human
NAWABSHAH: A man electrocuted his two sisters in the name of honour after drugging them at his house in Mohajir Colony in Old Nawabshah on 19th September 2024. Police officials said that Kamran first gave a sedating substance to his sisters, Alishah,